ALT Lesson Plans

Collected on this page are lesson plans and materials I've created and used as an ALT teaching English to elementary schools in Japan. The ideas to create these lessons have come from a variety of sources, such as Englipedia, other ALTs and teachers, recommended lesson plans, Gifu published lesson plans, predecessor's plans, that Team Teaching Pizza book, and other random sources. Sometimes I get an original idea, too.

Each of these lessons are written in advance of the class, and discussed with the homeroom teacher so we can effectively team teach our class. It's always good to get a second opinion ahead of class, too, to fix any terrible ideas, or to fully realize an idea I haven't thought all the way through.

I began writing these plans at the start of my second year as the job warranted. Select different years below.

6年生 Classes - Hi Friends 2

Full Year Syllabus

平成27 Year - Download

Full Year Download

平成27 Year - Download

Self Introduction and Name Tags

平成27 Year - Lesson Plan / Flashcards

Christmas

平成27 Year - Lesson Plan / Flashcards

Lesson 1 Part 1 - Numbers and Counting

平成27 Year - Lesson Plan / Flashcards

Lesson 1 Part 2 - Lowercase Alphabet

平成27 Year - Lesson Plan / Flashcards

Lesson 2 - Months and Dates

平成27 Year - Lesson Plan / Flashcards

Lesson 3 - I can

平成27 Year - Lesson Plan / Flashcards

Lesson 4 - Places and Directions

平成27 Year - Lesson Plan / Flashcards

Lesson 5 - "Let's go to Italy"

平成27 Year - Lesson Plan / Flashcards

Lesson 6 - "What time is it?"

平成27 Year - Lesson Plan / Flashcards

Lesson 7 - Momotaro

平成27 Year - Lesson Plan / Flashcards

Lesson 8 - "What do you want to be?"

平成27 Year - Lesson Plan / Flashcards

5年生 Classes - Hi Friends 1

Full Year Syllabus

平成27 Year - Download

Full Year Download

平成27 Year - Download

Self Introduction and Name Tags

平成27 Year - Lesson Plan / Flashcards

Christmas

平成27 Year - Lesson Plan / Flashcards

Lesson 1 - Hello

平成27 Year - Lesson Plan / Flashcards

Lesson 2 - How are you?

平成27 Year - Lesson Plan / Flashcards

Lesson 3 - How many?

平成27 Year - Lesson Plan / Flashcards

Lesson 4 - I like apples

平成27 Year - Lesson Plan / Flashcards

Lesson 5 - Colors and Shapes

平成27 Year - Lesson Plan / Flashcards

Lesson 6 - Alphabet

平成27 Year - Lesson Plan / Flashcards

Lesson 7 - What's this?

平成27 Year - Lesson Plan / Flashcards

Lesson 8 - I study Japanese

平成27 Year - Lesson Plan / Flashcards

Lesson 9 - "What would you like?"

平成27 Year - Lesson Plan / Flashcards

3年生 and 4年生 Classes

Self Introduction and Name Tags

平成27 Year - Lesson Plan / Flashcards

Christmas

平成27 Year - Lesson Plan / Flashcards

1年生 and 2年生 Classes

Self Introduction and Name Tags

平成27 Year - Lesson Plan / Flashcards

Christmas

平成27 Year - Lesson Plan / Flashcards